PUBLIC PRESENTATION

EngageMedia is a nonprofit organization that utilizes video, internet, and ‘free and open source software’ technology to stimulate social and environment changes. We believe that independent media and free technology that are open for public is a strong basis to build movements against social injustice, to provide solutions, and to provide further thinking for these issues.

EngageMedia, in collaboration with independent filmmakers, reporters, technologist, video activists, and other social movements, attempts to expand the scope of inspirational narratives regarding the social changes that can intervene public discourse and drive people to do positive acts in their surroundings. Our scopes of work are providing access for the innovative ways in distributing video, creating online archive for videos that are independently produced using open license, and creating a network that consists of filmmakers, educators, and organizations who have the programs related to video or independent film screening.

SPEAKERS

PUTRI HUTOMO

Pitra Hutomo was born and raised in Jakarta. She then moved to Yogyakarta in 2002 to study and get a bachelor degree on Earth Science. Joined EngageMedia in 2017, Pitra was first assigned as the coordinator of logistic in Camp COCONET. She currently becomes the Project Manager that is involved in EngageMedia’s daily programs which are held in Yogyakarta.

Outside of EngageMedia, Pitra works as an advocate for social issues, especially of those concerning the rights of substantive land and the rights of the city for the marginalized community, through video and multimedia products.

EGBERT WITTS

Egbert Witts, born and raised in the Netherlands, has been involved in social movements in Indonesia since 2006. In 2008, Egbert initiated Teater Pemberdayaan in Yayasan Kelola (Kelola Foundation), Jakarta. Egbert’s involvement in video has begun since 2013 when the title of Teater Pemberdayaan program was changed to Komunitas Kreatif. At that time, participative video was added as one of the approach methods and it successfully made the program expanded to seven provinces in Indonesia.

Being active with EngageMedia since the early 2015, this father of two boys has always concerned on Video for Change, both as the manager/co-editor/editor of the guidebook and articles about Video for Change and Impact, and the facilitator or interviewee of Impact Club, a series of training about video that aims to give a contribution for social changes.